Japan Earthquake

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swiss professor calls for sea exclusion zone www.swissinfo.ch
by lillymunster 7/21/2011 2:59:09 AM

Fukushima-type disaster inevitable in U.S.? "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was to meet Tuesday to discuss sweeping new safety recommendations, after having just finished inspecting all 104 U.S. nuclear plants in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster." www.cbsnews.com
by Ralph Unger 7/21/2011 3:13:08 AM

EDF Delays New Reactor at Flamanville to 2016 after Fukushima Stress Tests "Electricite de France SA, Europe’s biggest generator, said stress tests following the Fukushima atomic disaster and fatal accidents have raised the cost and delayed the start of its new reactor at Flamanville in Normandy." www.bloomberg.com
by Ralph Unger 7/21/2011 3:32:39 AM

Summer vacation special for children in quake areas www.asahi.com
by Panserbjorne9 7/21/2011 3:54:57 AM

THIRD GENERATION NUCLEAR POWER STATION www.our-energy.com
by Ralph Unger 7/21/2011 4:03:59 AM

Sorry for the all caps, I just did a copy and paste.
by Ralph Unger 7/21/2011 4:10:50 AM

The question is whether anyone is still watching.

Read more: ecocentric.blogs.time.com
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 7:12:20 AM

@elainekirk, I'm here! I just got back from a meeting! Been working on deadline these last few days!
by bo 7/21/2011 7:13:32 AM

Farm products produced in Fukushima Prefecture
to which the prefectural government issued a request
for voluntary restraint of consumption and shipment
www.worldvillage.org
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 7:13:36 AM

@bo oh look I think I recognise this poster...yes...it is...older....more strained....but yes...tis our bo
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 7:14:52 AM

W7VOA Steve Herman
Kyodo: Japan gov't recommends 59 additional households near #Fukushima-1 NPP evacuate.
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 7:16:58 AM

@bo I don't know if you have been watching but there has been much discussion about what food is in the system and this answers it 'voluntary restraint' www.worldvillage.org so they either sell or go hungry themselves WHY are tepco not being made to compensate
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 7:20:01 AM

I would say that the typhoon was all hot air, but it actually brought cooler air, very welcome.
by bo 7/21/2011 7:20:03 AM

@bo I prefer a breeze I cannot breathe in hot still air
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 7:20:49 AM

@elainekirk why am I not shocked. It's funny for such a group oriented society to tell everyone that they are on their own.
by bo 7/21/2011 7:37:29 AM

So they are telling the farmers to exercise voluntary restraint?
by bo 7/21/2011 7:40:40 AM

To decide not to sell because they care about public health, and then to receive no compensation for their "voluntary" decision?
by bo 7/21/2011 7:41:08 AM

@bo exactly that is just cruel to be honest those are my feelings it is terrible
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 7:43:50 AM

@bo and walking down streets saying 'you can go' ' you must stay' it is inhumane on a whole new level psychologically crippling
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 7:44:49 AM

Wow. I can't believe this is Japan. It seems so different than the place has become in my mind.
by bo 7/21/2011 7:46:00 AM

Well I hate to run right off, but heading home. I'll be back on in an hour.
by bo 7/21/2011 7:53:27 AM

Some friends of mine held a conference in Kyoto a few weeks ago on the topic of comparing the people exposed from nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands with the people being exposed to radiation in Fukushima and they say that it was well attended. They have also made a DVD on the topic and they are soon going to be producing an English version. I will let everyone know when it is available.
by bo 7/21/2011 9:43:32 AM

@bo just plugged in my trackman this is grea hopefully my aim wil improve and I will stop catching the delete button www.amazon.co.uk
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 9:45:30 AM

@bo oh I hope they do it would be good if it were you-tubed too
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 9:46:36 AM

I'm sure they will. They just want to get the word out.
by bo 7/21/2011 9:47:35 AM

@bo I 'knew' that they were not monitoring crops anywhere but to see it in black and white is so sobering
by elainekirk 7/21/2011 9:50:03 AM

@bo : be careful with the food. nobody seems to check it.
by Edano 7/21/2011 10:09:56 AM

Japanese official briefs US on nuclear phase-out

Japan's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Chiaki Takahashi has briefed US Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides on Japan's energy policy.

Takahashi met Nides in Washington on Wednesday, a week after Prime Minister Naoto Kan expressed his view that Japan should aim for a society that does not rely on nuclear power.

After the meeting, Takahashi told reporters that Nides expressed America's readiness to step up cooperation on nuclear plant safety technology, and then asked for a detailed explanation as to how Japan plans to achieve a non-nuclear society.

Takahashi said he told Nides that Japan will surely review its basic energy policy following the nuclear accident in Fukushima. Takahashi said he also explained to Nides that Japan plans to phase out its nuclear power plants gradually and will rely on nuclear power in the interim.

On Wednesday last week, Prime Minister Kan told a news conference that Japan should reduce its reliance on nuclear energy. But after he was criticized, he told his Cabinet that it was his own view and not government policy.

The United States has 104 operating reactors, the largest number in the world. It upholds its policy of promoting nuclear power even after the disaster in Fukushima.

Thursday, July 21, 2011 13:03 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/21/2011 10:12:08 AM

i really wonder why the US is so interested in this. i don't think they rogated merkel.
by Edano 7/21/2011 10:13:04 AM

@Edano thanks. We have learned the kanji for most of the prefectures. But, alas, there is only so much you can do.
by bo 7/21/2011 10:14:41 AM

@elainekirk 'The question is whether anyone is still watching.' <raises hand>
by nls 7/21/2011 10:19:11 AM

@bo : the radioactivity will reach all parts of japan via food. you ought to get better information.
by Edano 7/21/2011 10:20:30 AM

Rain increases contaminated water at plant

Heavy rain brought by a tropical storm has increased the level of radioactive contaminated water at the basements of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Typhoon Ma-on moved east off the southern coast of Japan's main island of Honshu. 115 millimeters of precipitation was recorded in Namie Town, north of the plant, between Tuesday and Thursday.

Rain has been gathering in the buildings housing the reactors because the roofs were severely damaged by hydrogen explosions that occurred after the initial March 11th disaster.

Tokyo Electric Power Company or TEPCO, the plant's operator, says that at 7 AM local time on Thursday, the level of contaminated water pooled at the basement of the building of the No. 1 reactor was 44 centimeters up from the previous day.

Officials at the utility say that there is no immediate danger of the contaminated water spilling out.

But it is likely that the level of water will continue to rise for the time being. TEPCO says they are monitoring the situation.

Thursday, July 21, 2011 16:17 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/21/2011 10:21:13 AM